Catherine Tate loses viewers

The second episode of the Catherine Tate Show pulled in four million viewers last night, down 700,000 viewers on last week's show. The third series has received mixed reviews, with many critics arguing that it has run out of steam and that Tate is a talented actress who deserves better material.

It was followed on BBC2 by the second episode of Jack Dee's Lead Balloon, which attracted 2.1 million.